Directors
The
documentary is being realized by a three-person creative team of Maria
Ramas, Kate Johnson and Michael Masucci.
Michael
Masucci
Director, Director of Photography,
Michael Masucci is an award-winning video and multimedia producer, director
and artist. An acknowledged pioneer in the digital and desktop video movement,
Masucci is Artistic Director of EZTV, a 26 year-old digital media arts organization.
EZTV is an arts organization-in-residence at the 18thStreet Arts Center in
Santa Monica, CA, recently profiled on PBS station KCET.
Highly experienced in the requirements of location film making, Masucci has
produced work throughout the United States, as well as in China, the U.K.,
Mexico, Finland and Thailand. Projects for which he has been a principal have
been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Institute of Contemporary
Art (London), the American Film Institute, Downtown Community Television (New
York) and on BRAVO, the BBC, PBS, and numerous galleries, festivals and conferences.
His thoughts on the art, philosophy and practice of digital media have been
published in his articles in Computer Graphics, the Independent Film &
Video Monthly, Filmnik, the Music & Film Network and he has been quoted
in a variety of media including the Los Angeles Times, ArtWeek, Variety, KCRW,
The Discovery Channel International, Wired.com, Internet.com and TechTV. He
has been a guest speaker at the Institute of Contemporary Art (London), the
American Film Institute, UCLA, USC, Claremont College, the School of Visual
Arts ( New York), the University of Helsinki, Skirball Center, Bergamont Station,
the Los Angeles Film Festival, Outfest, California Lawyers for the Arts and
the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
He is also currently directing an expanded, interactive version of his
award-winning 2003 digital film Quantum Entanglement. Masucci has served as
member of the national Advisory Board of the DV Group,
president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of Independent Video
& Filmmakers, chairman of the digital video committee for SIGGRAPH, member
of the Board of Directors of Fringe Festival/Los Angeles, member of the Arts
Advisory Board for the Los Angeles Free Clinic and is currently on the Board
of Directors for Avaz International Dance Theater, the oldest Persian cultural
organization outside of Iran.
In addition to his full-time career as an artist and producer, Masucci
lectures at the Otis College of Art & Design. Constantly striving to bridge
the artificial gaps between art and entertainment, he seeks to create
beautiful imagery and compelling story into a medium that both critic and
audience can appreciate.
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